Lee is a skilled, switch-hitting shortstop (for now) with power. Allen was an undersized, pitchability high school lefty who worked 88-92 mph with mostly average secondary stuff and a changeup that flashed plus. Further on in this post, you'll find the top 100 rankings, but for scouting reports, you'll have to head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 55-tier ($5 level). 25MiamiACC6FL3-4211413 LSU had a successful weekend at the Karbach Round Rock Classic and remains the No. A relatively complete player, Baty will likely be better than Eduardo Escobar pretty soon and should be the Mets everyday third baseman in the near future, projecting as an above-average regular. The sophomore first baseman produced a 1.953 OPS with a home run and a pair of triples. Previous ranking: No. Though hes mostly started so far and has three nasty pitches, Millers delivery is very violent and his injury history suggests he may only have so many bullets, so we expect Oakland will put him on the big league roster in fairly short order, perhaps in a relief role. Hes short, he gets way down the mound (which helps create shallow angle on the pitch), and even though he has a three-quarters arm slot, his hand position is more north/south on release, which helps him create backspin and ride on the fastball. The Creighton transfer drove in ten, along with a .579 OBP and a pair of homers. In four innings, the senior lefty struck out six and didnt allow a hit. This is a little odd, but it might be remedied with an unobtrusive mechanical tweak. Hes okay at second and third base, but the Blue Jays infield is already pretty loaded, so hes likely to see time in the outfield this year. When the season was over and the statistical dust settled, Chourio wrapped with a 67% Contact% and 76% Z-Contact%, both of which would be in the bottom five of big league center fielders with at least 300 PA in 2022. We started with those base rates for every player on this years list and then manually tweaked them depending on our more specific opinions about the player. At times hes too bold and rushes throws that he should just holster, but Tovar is only the age of a college draft prospect, so details like this will likely tighten up as he matures. lvarez only ran a 75% Z-contact and 66% overall contact rate in the minors, which is near the bottom of the big league catching continuum, and almost identical to Joey Bart and Jorge Alfaro, who have struggled to find big league footing on offense. Copyright 2023 Baseball America Enterprises. However the defensive end of things shakes out for Mead (here he projects in left field for the third straight season), he has enough bat to be an above-average everyday player, combining potent contact, power, and perhaps a newfound sense of the strike zone. Abel has long thrown hard for his age, his velocity steadily climbing into its current 95-97 mph band up from the 90-94 range when he was first known to FanGraphs as a prospect. He has a cartoonish leg kick and his hands load similarly to Javier Bezs, and while Neto doesnt have quite the same all-world whip as Bez, he is a plus rotational athlete who hits some epic pull-side homers. Across the 2022 calendar, Davis had nearly as many HBPs as he did extra-base hits, to which the wrist fracture likely contributed. Weve concluded he does. Long, lanky and loaded with tools and projection, Alcantara is a loose, 6-foot-6 outfielder with massive potential. And it doesnt take long before you start talking about players with warts that reduce confidence in the overall profile. Look under the hood and there is cause for concern. Browns stuff was already good at Wayne, and it leveled up pretty quickly after he signed, but it was the strike throwing that took a step forward in 2022 and led to his September call-up. Here hes projected as a no. Vargas is a bankable, big league-ready hitter with moderate upside, while Cappe is a risky low-level prospect with huge upside. Henderson is a viable shortstop defender (for now) who has plus-plus plate discipline and power. He was added to the 40-man roster at the end of the season and should become part of the Rangers rotation at some point in 2023. 26Southern MissSun Belt1MS37333388 LSU lost its first game of the year, but still posted a winning weekend with victories against Kansas State and Sam Houston State. Johnson projects as a second baseman with plus contact and power. This sort of thing runs through McGarrys whole operation, but he already has rare repertoire depth and quality for a reliever, and he might throw harder working just one or two innings at a time. If theres a real long-term concern that has become evident as a result of Yorkes year, its that he seems injury prone and has now had several disruptive maladies in the last couple of years. Sundays win was ECUs first in Chapel Hill since 2019 and sends it into another big week with momentum. You can really see his athleticism and remarkable hip/shoulder separation on his throws down to second. He blew triple-digits at the top of the zone past batters at every stop, with his fastball averaging 99 mph at Triple-A. Teams 71-80 He sometimes struggles with arm accuracy from third base and has sub-par range at second, but his footwork, hands, and actions keep him afloat at each spot. Mayo keeps hitting despite his odd swing, and we think the hit/power combo will be enough for him to be an impact player, even with a move off the dirt projected. He can absolutely fly and will occasionally do some impressive stuff at the dish, especially when he bends out over the plate to whack breaking stuff away from him. In 2022, he established himself as one of the premiere pitching prospects in the Cardinals system, issuing 81 strikeouts and just 15 walks over his 52.1 innings at Low-A, where he spent the entire season. That was not the case on defense, however. His left-handed swing has natural pull-side loft and hes adept at impacting the baseball way out in front of the plate from the right side, accomplishing the same goal with a slightly different look. He receives on one knee with the bases empty but mixes his technique with runners on. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Mississippi State takes down Vanderbilt to win program's first title, Mississippi State tosses 1-hit shutout to win2021 CWS title, Louisiana Tech upsets No. If he can consistently create that arm-side finish on the curveball, it will give him a weapon against lefties, though now that hes had to whip out his changeup against upper-level hitters, some of those have been quite good. Its fair to consider him a high-floor, low-variance prospect because Romos defensive ability and rocket arm make him very likely to be a plus defender at maturity, and even a one-note style of offense (Romo both lacks power and is relatively impatient) tends to profile at catcher. After he made just five starts at High-A toward the end of his breakout 2021 campaign, last season the Marlins sent the 6-foot-9, 19-year-old Prez to Double-A Pensacola, where he was an absolute buzzsaw. A rookie more than he is a prospect, Sengas splitter and fastball velocity fit in the middle of a contenders rotation. The righty had only made 11 career starts at then-Division-II Bellarmine University, but a successful 2019 summer on the Cape and a lights out draft spring suggested that he was a real prospect. Poised to compete for a rotation spot when 2023 camp breaks, Ortiz is one of a few high-upside Pirates youngsters who look like theyd fit in a contenders rotation. Hes so long that this may be exposed as an issue as the level of velocity Wood sees increases. Millers arm swing is long and he has again been somewhat walk-prone in pro ball. 81San DiegoWCC2CA8191007145 OF Parker Nolan Nolan had himself a week, slugging three homers and driving in eight over 11 at-bats. The loss of reps might accelerate a move down the defensive spectrum (the Giants have publicly refuted this) so Luciano can just focus on hitting his way to San Francisco. Of the 71 extra-base hits Synergy Sports has on tape from Jungs time at Tech, 51 were to center or right field. He projects to be similar to J.P. Crawford in skill and statistical output, a player good for 2 WAR annually. Blocked by Nolan Arenado, Walker is taking his 70-grade power and arm to right field, where he should hit 35 annual bombs amid lots of strikeouts. Born in Panama, Espino had the best arm strength among the high school pitchers in the 2019 draft, but concerns about his delivery and arsenal depth dropped him to the 24th overall pick. He also has sizable raw power thanks to his plus bat speed and a promising early-career bat-to-ball track record. His mid-80s slider was his go-to secondary, but his command was spotty throughout the season, to the tune of a 5.44 BB/9 over the course of his 92.2 innings. Miller spent his freshman year at Blinn College, then pitched out of the Texas A&M bullpen as a sophomore and junior. RHP Paul Skenes Out of all the top aces in college baseball, Skenes was the best last weekend. 1B Nick Kurtz I could have gone with multiple players here, as Rake Forest was in full effect this week. Despite being rough around the edges (remember Cappe waited an extra year to sign so he could get more money from the Marlins and has played a full season less than the typical 20-year-old prospect), he has a great tools and projection foundation that is now being reinforced by early-career performance, most notably from a bat-to-ball standpoint. In a bodily sense, he was also unlike any amateur prospect most scouts had ever seen. 70Grand CanyonWAC1AZ3N/ANRNRNR It was Merrills Arizona Fall League look, which came against more advanced arms, and his underlying hit data that really drove him up the prospect continuum. As a right-handed hitter almost all of Endys damage is done on outer-third pitches that he can get fully extended against. Florida State enters the Top 25 after winning a series at TCU. 1 in the D1Baseball Top 25 for the first time in the eight-year history of the rankings. Hes as patient as any hitter in the minors and has walked at a 19% career rate; he has a .437 career OBP in the minors. 1B Gavin Kash The Texas transfer made an immediate impact for the Red Raiders this past week while facing an experienced Gonzaga team. Harrisons body has thickened pretty quickly, but he throws hard and has diverse fastball utility and great secondary stuff. OHoppes feel for contact makes him a likely everyday catcher. Jones had surgery, missed the back half of the summer and instructs, and only began hitting again in January. He boasted one of the lowest walk rates (5.1%) among minor leaguers who notched at least 130 innings in 2022 and looks poised for a starter role in the near future. 4 starter fairly soon even if the arrow is currently pointing down. It might not be long before Montgomerys bat is better than Yon Moncadas, so perhaps a proactive shift to third base is a good idea. Then Nelson had a dominant 2021 season spent mostly at Double-A Amarillo, striking out 163 hitters in 116.1 innings, all as a starter. Texas Tech faces stiffer competition this week, starting with a midweek series against Air Force and then a trip to Houston for the Shriners College Classic, highlighted by a Sunday showdown with Texas A&M. After hitting .352/.439/.676 with 17 home runs as a freshman at Arizona, Berry followed coach Jay Johnson from Tucson to Baton Rouge, becoming the highest-profile transfer in the first offseason in over a decade in which players were able to transfers between Division I schools without sitting out a year. Davis skills and offensive style are tailored like those of Evan Gattis. His frame is maxed out, and Marte is not currently mobile enough to project as a big league shortstop defender. The fastball looked great and the slider seemed unhittable. 22East CarolinaAmerican1NC34263851 Hence was picked up in the shortened 2020 draft, one of the youngest players taken that year, and in 2021 threw just eight innings on the complex, virtually all in relief. Gonzalez was dynamic from the jump as a freshman, hitting .355/.443/.561 with 16 doubles, 12 home runs, 55 RBIs and more walks (38) than strikeouts (34), a real testament to his plate discipline, which is not often a strength of a first-year hitter in the SEC. His wispy, 6-foot-3 frame has room for another 30 pounds at least, and with that weight and strength could come huge raw thunder. Despite some struggles for the Cowboys offense, Mendham stood out, slashing .333/.375/.600 with a homer and a double. He has a shot to break camp with the big club and play a huge role on the next Orioles contender. This approach will probably cause Pages to produce batting averages that are actually beneath his true talent feel to hit, but its also a big part of why hes such a dangerous hitter, one likely to have peak seasons with 30-plus home runs. He also throws a changeup and a slider, both of which show promise, though neither was featured much in his 2022 mix. Montgomery raked his way to Double-A, where he spent the last couple weeks of his first full pro season as part of Project Birmingham, a de facto instructs and evaluation period for Chicagos best mid- and upper-level prospects. Lawlars hit tool projection is a bit of a conundrum. He was a known bat-first prospect from California but time off recovering from a shoulder surgery and the pandemic made him tough to properly evaluate before the draft, tough enough that he was not generally seen as a first round prospect. 88McNeeseSouthland3LA5N/ANRNRNR Cross was fairly unknown going into the 2021 season, but that changed quickly once he established himself as one of the best hitters in the country on the way to putting up a .345/.415/.621 slash line. 1 in the Baseball America Top 25.. 13 Last Week: 2-2 Overall: 5-2, 0-0 in Pac-12 (1-2 vs. Top 25) Weekend Record: 1-1 Results Feb. 21: Pepperdine: W 11-2 Feb. 24-26: @ (5) Vanderbilt: L 6-0, W 3-0, L 2-1 Upcoming Feb. 28: Loyola Marymount March 1: Michigan Southern California College Baseball Classic March 3: Tulane March 4: Sacramento State March 5: Southern California UCLAs trip to Vanderbilt delivered on its promise on the mound, as the teams traded shutouts in the first two games before the Commodores edged the Bruins in the series finale. He was suddenly a young-for-the-class college bat who might have gone very high in the draft if hed hit like he had the year before and gotten better at second base. Davis has huge, plus-plus raw power, and will be a star if he can stay behind the plate or a solid everyday first baseman if he cant. The other biggest climbers are Virginia Tech (up 45 spots), Louisiana Tech (up 43), Maryland (up 33) and Oregon (up 26). College Top 25: Week 1. The 6-8 righty struck out ten Omaha batters over 6 innings, earning him the win. He barely ever chases and sprays hard line drives and fly balls everywhere, covering all but the very up-and-in corner of the plate, where he tends to get jammed. While his profile is that of an offense-first catcher, lvarez is unlikely to be a true liability back there and has more than enough stick to make up for his defensive deficiencies. He tends to bar his front arm and load his hands high, which made it impossible for him to turn on velocity on the showcase circuit when he was facing better, faster pitching than he did during varsity play. 50LibertyA-Sun1VA325758155 McGarrys mid-80s slider and low-80s changeup are both plus, but his control issues extend to those pitches. The Aggies were nearly swept, needing a three-run, ninth-inning rally Sunday to salvage a game against the Pilots. His 39.8% strikeout rate was the highest in the minors among qualified pitchers last year, and he fanned 186 batters in just 113 innings. While he could stand to be a little more consistent on defense (many balls got through him early this past winter with Licey), the range, bend, hands, and arm strength to play short are all comfortably here. The junior third baseman slashed .529/.526/1.235 with three bombs, driving in 13. Despite some of the length and violence in Millers delivery, hes demonstrated that he can sustain elite velocity deep into each start, throw strikes, and (so far) keep his arm healthy, as his only career IL stint was for an oblique strain. Jung had a rough 2022 that were chalking up to injury-related rust rather than severe skill regression. Those states are followed by North Carolina (nine), Florida (seven), Louisiana (six) and Virginia (five). In fact, this marks the first time the Longhorns have ever been ranked No. Though he doesnt throw the pitch a ton, his changeup feel is also very good and currently more consistent than his feel for his new slider, though we expect that will come. Fairfield; 42. There arent many lefty-hitting shortstops with this kind of offensive juice. 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